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The XR Week Peek (2024.10.12): AI models generate 3D scenes, Samsung may unveil its smartglasses in January, and more!

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Top news of the week (Image by Google) AI models to generate 3D scenes start to surface This week we had the announcement of two AI models dedicated to the generation of 3D worlds. These glasses should be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm and have a similar form factor to the successful Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

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Bigscreen Beyond 2 Hands-On: Refining A Vision For VR Enthusiasts Without Apple Or Meta

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Apple's $3500 headset automatically moves each lens into individualized placement in front of each pupil, but Bigscreen's solution is cheaper and lighter. If the Oculus Rift VR headset had gotten smaller each subsequent generation from 2016 to now it might have looked something like a Beyond 2. Or go Beyond.

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Wordbound Is A Language Puzzler Coming Soon To Quest 3 & Apple Vision Pro

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Wordbound is an educational mixed reality word game coming to Quest 3 and Apple Vision. Using Google Poly to source assets at runtime. Wordbound is coming to Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro, though a release date remains unconfirmed. Now you can create almost anything! #VR

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Samsung Unveils Advanced 4K Micro-OLED Displays For "Next-Generation" Headsets

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micro-OLED displays from Chinese supplier SeeYA Technology are used in the Bigscreen Beyond series, while 4K micro-OLED displays from Sony are used in Apple Vision Pro , and BOE's 4K micro-OLED displays are used in Play For Dream MR and Shiftall MeganeX superlight. That compares to 36603200 and 92% for Apple Vision Pro. Currently 2.5K

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The History Of Virtual Reality: How VR Has Changed The Way We Know Gaming

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Oculus Rift Samwalton9 via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 The father of VR in its modern form is Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus VR. As development on the Oculus Rift continued into 2013 and beyond, other companies realized the untapped potential of VR and threw hats in the ring.

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Quest 3S Xbox Limited Edition Available For $400

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The Quest 3S Xbox Edition release brings Meta full circle with the original Oculus Rift which shipped in 2016 with an Xbox controller in the box. When Oculus shipped the original Oculus Touch controllers later that year, Facebook soon stopped including the Xbox controller in the package.

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Big XR News from Google, Microsoft, Samsung Qualcomm

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Googles AndroidXR Provides Developer Passthrough Access Recent news from the AndroidXR camp highlights a significant development advantage that some believe positions the new operating system ahead of the veteran firm Meta. The shark tank is growing, and leaders will emerge.